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Malcolm X's Daughters File $100M Suit Over Assassination

Civil rights leader's family says DOJ, CIA, FBI, NYPD all knew of 1965 death plot and did nothing

(Newser) - Three of Malcolm X's daughters have filed a $100 million suit against some of the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence agencies, alleging those groups knew of threats against their father's life and did nothing to stop his assassination at age 39. Per the AP , the complaint...

It Was a Famed MLK Interview. It Might Not Be Accurate

Author Jonathan Eig suggests MLK's comments on Malcolm X are different than what ran

(Newser) - Martin Luther King Jr. may have not said the harsh words about Malcolm X that are famously attributed to him—or, at least, not about Malcolm X directly. That's author Jonathan Eig's takeaway after reading what appears to be an unedited transcript of the full interview between King...

Malcolm X's Family Suing CIA, FBI, DOJ, NYPD for $100M

Agencies concealed evidence, wrongful death lawsuit alleges

(Newser) - The family of Malcolm X on Tuesday, the 58th anniversary of the activist's assassination, announced a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the CIA, the FBI, the NYPD, the Justice Department, and other government agencies. Those agencies, the family alleges in the lawsuit, purposely concealed evidence related to his...

Men Wrongfully Convicted of Killing Malcolm X to Get $36M

Settlement will be divided between surviving man and the estate of the second

(Newser) - The city of New York is settling lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were exonerated last year for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, agreeing to pay $26 million for the wrongful convictions which led to both men spending decades behind bars. The state of New York will...

Judge Tosses Convictions of Two in Malcolm X Killing

New investigation cleared Muhammad Aziz, Khalil Islam

(Newser) - Update: A Manhattan judge on Thursday threw out the convictions of two men convicted of killing Malcolm X decades ago. Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam both wrongfully served years in prison before being released in the 1980s. A new investigation cleared the men, and even the admitted gunman says the...

Letter Shines New Light on Malcolm X Assassination

It alleges a conspiracy involving the FBI and NYPD

(Newser) - Family members of Malcolm X say they have new evidence that shows that the NYPD and FBI conspired in the murder of the civil rights activist and one-time Nation of Islam spokesman, the Guardian reports. During a Saturday news conference at the site of the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X...

Malcolm X Assassination May Be Reopened
Notorious Assassination
May Get a New Investigation
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Feb 10, 2020 8:17 AM CST

Notorious Assassination May Get a New Investigation

After release of documentary, Manhattan DA is considering reopening Malcolm X killing

(Newser) - Three men were convicted of assassinating Malcolm X in 1965. One of those men confessed, but the other two always maintained their innocence. Now, after the release of a Netflix documentary , the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is considering reopening the case over what critics say was a botched police...

Dig at Malcolm X House Reveals Surprise Find

Evidence suggests 18th-century home was built nearby

(Newser) - A " now-or-never dig " at the childhood home of Malcolm X has revealed a surprising find—just not related to the civil rights activist, writes the AP . "We've come onto a whole layer, roughly two feet down and across the whole site, that's absolutely filled with...

Archaeologists Dig at Malcolm X's Childhood Home

They're hoping to learn more about his early life

(Newser) - Archaeologists are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the slain black rights activist's early life as well as the property's long history, which possibly includes Native American settlement. The two-week archaeological dig began Tuesday outside a two-and-a-half story home...

Cops Arrest Waiter in Killing of Malcolm X Grandson

He's the third bar employee accused in beating death

(Newser) - Police have made a third arrest in last year's beating death of Malcolm X's grandson following a dispute over a bar bill. Mexico City prosecutors said suspect Juan Dircio Guzman was detained in the sprawling city of Nezahualcoyotl, on the edge of the capital. He was expected to...

Malcolm X's Grandson Killed Over $1.2K Bar Tab: Prosecutor

2 arrested in Malcolm Shabazz's murder

(Newser) - The troubled grandson of Malcolm X met his end at a bar in a rundown area of Mexico City, and police—who yesterday arrested two suspects—say the trouble started with a dispute over the tab. Malcolm Shabazz went to the Palace Club with a friend last week and they...

Malcolm X's Troubled Grandson Dead at 28
Malcolm X's Troubled Grandson Dead at 28
say reports
May 10, 2013 8:18 AM CDT

Malcolm X's Troubled Grandson Dead at 28

Malcolm Shabazz rumored to have been killed in Mexico: report

(Newser) - Malcolm X's grandson is dead in Mexico, according to reports. Malcolm Shabazz is rumored to have been killed, according to the New York Amsterdam News , but details are uncertain. A family friend tells the New York Times US authorities confirmed the 28-year-old's death. Shabazz was a troubled figure...

Barney Rosset, Censorship-Fighting Publisher, Dies

Grove Press founder championed Beat poets, Samuel Beckett, erotica

(Newser) - Barney Rosset, founder of the envelope-pushing, censorship-defying Grove Press, died at age 89 on Tuesday after a double-heart-valve replacement, the New York Times reports. The irascible Rosset once described his press as "a breach in the dam of American Puritanism," and it lived up to that name, publishing...

2011's Top 10 Books


 2011's Top 10 Books 
new york times LIST
Dec 3, 2011 9:10 AM CST

2011's Top 10 Books

Stephen King, Christopher Hitchens make the cut

(Newser) - If you need a book recommendation for holiday reading, look no further than the New York Times ' list of the 10 best books of the year. Five are fiction and five non-fiction:
  • 11/22/63 by Stephen King: A time portal sends an English teacher back to 1958 to try and
...

Book Renews Calls to Reopen Malcolm X Case

Author brings fresh scrutiny, suggests real killers went free

(Newser) - Calls to reopen the investigation into the assassination of Malcolm X are gaining momentum thanks to a new best-selling biography, reports the New York Times . In Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, now-deceased Columbia professor Manning Marable revisits the long-held assumption that authorities botched the case , arguing that two of...

Cops 'Stood Back' After Threats to Malcolm X: Book

Columbia's Manning Marable dies just before release of major biography

(Newser) - Columbia professor Manning Marable spent 20 years working on a groundbreaking biography of Malcolm X but died yesterday, just three days before its release. Scholars who have read Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention say it presents the most definitive look yet at the black nationalist leader's legacy, reports...

Malikah Shabazz, Malcom X's Daughter, Arrested for Alleged Theft
 Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested 
Feb 22, 2011 8:16 AM CST

Malcolm X's Daughter Arrested

Malikah Shabazz accused of stealing from widow

(Newser) - Malikah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s youngest daughter, has been arrested on outstanding warrants that include charges of grand larceny, forgery, and identity theft. The New York Times reports that Shabazz was accused of stealing from the widow of one of Malcolm’s bodyguards. She was arrested in North Carolina on...

Top 25 Black Leaders: Obama Second Only to MLK
Top 25 Black Leaders:
Obama Second Only to MLK
survey says
Jan 17, 2011 11:30 AM CST

Top 25 Black Leaders: Obama Second Only to MLK

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he gets top honors

(Newser) - On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s fitting to announce that the civil rights leader himself was voted the most influential black American leader. TheGrio asked 25 academics, artists, and activists to rank a list of 170 black leaders, and the website calculated the top 25:
  1. Martin Luther King,
...

Malcolm X Killer Gains Parole
 Malcolm X Killer Gains Parole 
Apr 27, 2010 1:23 PM CDT

Malcolm X Killer Gains Parole

Thomas Hagan, 69, had been on work release

(Newser) - The last of the men convicted in Malcolm X's assassination has been paroled after 44 years in prison. Thomas Hagan, 69, hadn't been spending a ton of time in prison anyway; in 1992 he entered a full-time work-release program that let him spend 5 days a week at home with...

Percy Sutton, Malcolm X Lawyer, Dies

Civil rights activist was also savior of the Apollo Theater

(Newser) - Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died at age 89. A spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson confirmed Sutton died yesterday, but didn't know the cause. His daughter, Cheryl Sutton, declined comment. The...

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